That’s really high, probably unsustainably high, and he probably regresses statistically in 2013). If a hitter has a decent hitting season but also has a high BABIP, one usually says that the hitter was “lucky” and is due to regress ( Mike Trout in 2012 had a Babip of. 333 respectively this delta is probably going to lead to both of these guys having better ERAs in 2013. Ironically, the two leaders of Pitcher BABIP in 2012 were both on the Tigers Rick Porcello and Max Scherzer had BABIPs of. If a pitcher has a very high ERA but also has a very high BABIP, one can explain that he’s been unlucky and his talent level lays somewhere below his posted performance on the year. How is BABIP used? The measurement is essentially used as a checkpoint for fluky seasons. This stat is kept for both individual hitters and for pitchers. Interestingly it penalizes the hitter for hitting sacrifice flies (not sure why). The calculation, as it is seen at Wikipedia, measures basically how many balls put into play (removing from consideration home runs) turned into hits. Most people know this one, but it is an important stat to consider in conjunction with other stats (especially the older Batting Average and Earned Run Average). I’ve always thought that B-R’s interface was so much easier to navigate that I tend to search there first, but a more complete set of stats is at fangraphs.ġ. also has some more obscure stats discussed further below. Pretty much every stat here is defined and available at either or. I’ll write about each stat, give links to its calculation, write about how it may be used, then put in some rules of thumb by which to consider the stat. I always want to understand that which I read, and at the same time I want to make sure I stay current and up-to-date on the stats out there, so I decided to do a little research (and pen my own post while I was at it) into some of these newer stats that are being used. More and more in modern baseball writing, you see relatively new statistical creations thrown into articles in order to prove or disprove an opinion, and more and more you almost need a glossary to properly read these articles and properly understand what the author is attempting to say. (Part 2 in a series: Part 1 talked about Whats Wrong with Old School Baseball Stats). Trout's BABIP was very high in 2012 what does this mean for 2013? Photo Gary Vasquez/US Presswire via

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